Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ACT 1974

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title of Principal Act [see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement [see Note 1]  
   2A.     Territories  
   2B.     Crown to be bound  
   2C.     Carriage of goods by sea  

   PART II--ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AWARDS

   3.      Interpretation  
   7.      Enforcement of foreign arbitration agreements  
   8.      Recognition of foreign awards  
   9.      Evidence of awards and arbitration agreements  
   10.     Evidence relating to Convention  
   10A.    Delegation by Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade  
   12.     Effect of this Part on other laws  
   13.     Judiciary Act  
   14.     Application of Part  

   PART III--INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

           Division 1--Preliminary

   15.     Interpretation  

           Division 2--Model Law

   16.     Model Law to have force of law  
   17.     Interpretation of Model Law--use of extrinsic material  
   18.     Courts specified for purposes of Article 6 of Model Law  
   19.     Articles 34 and 36 of Model Law--public policy  
   20.     Chapter VIII of Model Law not to apply in certain cases  
   21.     Settlement of dispute otherwise than in accordance with Model Law  

           Division 3--Optional provisions

   22.     Application of optional provisions  
   23.     Orders under Article 17 of the Model Law  
   24.     Consolidation of arbitral proceedings  
   25.     Interest up to making of award  
   26.     Interest on debt under award  
   27.     Costs  

           Division 4--Miscellaneous

   28.     Liability of arbitrator  
   29.     Representation in proceedings  
   30.     Application of Part  

   PART IV--APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES BETWEEN STATES AND NATIONALS OF OTHER STATES

           Division 1--Preliminary

   31.     Interpretation  

           Division 2--Investment Convention

   32.     Application of Investment Convention to Australia  
   33.     Award is binding  
   34.     Investment Convention awards to prevail over other laws  
   35.     Recognition of awards  

           Division 3--Miscellaneous

   36.     Evidence relating to Investment Convention  
   37.     Representation in proceedings  
   38.     Judiciary Act  
           SCHEDULE 1 United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
           SCHEDULE 2 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985)
           SCHEDULE 3 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States